Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for customize. Search instead for customisi.
Definitions

customize

[kuhs-tuh-mahyz] / ˈkʌs təˌmaɪz /
VERB
modify to personal expectations
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The result is a cheap artificial-intelligence system that users can download and customize, an American counterpart to a host of upstart Chinese models that are shaking up the AI race.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

That means developers can download, customize and host the model locally.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Like most of China's offerings, it costs less and uses source code that programmers can customize.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Don’t skip dessert, either, and if you’re a coffee drinker, order the Lao coffee, served with condensed milk and a sugar cube on the side so you can customize the sweetness to your liking.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

“The default setting is typically ‘help,’ but you can customize as the situation allows.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

While Apple customizes many components inside iPhones, Khan said, “there isn’t a lot of customization” for memory, alluding to the possibility that commodity Chinese memory chips could be used.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Whenever she’s on the hunt for a new pair, her first stop is the Rose Bowl Flea Market where she finds Allyn Scura, a local vendor, who customizes vintage frames.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2025

This new testing method further advances precision medicine, which is a patient care approach that customizes treatments specifically for a person's genetics, environment and lifestyle.

From Science Daily Nov. 18, 2024

The photo was taken on Dec. 8, 2003, as Maxwell and Bamford, whose business customizes luxury watches, attended the opening of the Asprey Flagship Store on Fifth Avenue in New York.

From Seattle Times Jul. 17, 2020

The plant sometimes customizes guns with scratches and blemishes by painting American flags on them, she said.

From Washington Post

To construct the device, the researchers added silver nanoparticles to a layer of customized DNA sequences -- specially designed to be of certain compositions and lengths -- that was integrated with thin films of perovskite.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

The software, called VIVA, generates customized questions, and candidates record rapid-fire, 60-second responses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

At the exclusive terminal for the rich and the famous at Los Angeles International Airport, passengers are greeted with champagne and caviar, then whisked directly to their planes in a customized BMW.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

That’s a private customized investment approach designed to reduce losses during market downturns by combining investments in stocks with hedging tools such as options, futures and/or short-selling.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Because Irwin didn’t come within 200 pounds of fitting through a standard car door, he drove a customized sedan outfitted with a wide-load rear hatch through which he wiggled in and out.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Vargo purchased her home in April 2025 for about $450,000, spending closer to $465,000 all in after customizing finishes like lighting, fixtures and hardware.

From MarketWatch Apr. 24, 2026

So she became an expert in customizing ChatGPT to write voicey marketing copy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Aaliyah Warren, 23, professional roller skater, model and performer: We love customizing our boots, so we get them graffitied and painted.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2025

It seems that many consumers prefer to buy bananas as a collective, customizing bunches to their needs by tearing off any they don't want.

From Salon Dec. 31, 2024

Lena had been creating paint-by-numbers canvases for him, sketching them with expert speed, customizing each image to his specifications.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




Vocabulary lists containing customize


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training